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Can you get someone in trouble with the law for these two things?
11-18-2012, 01:03 PM
Post: #1
Can you get someone in trouble with the law for these two things?
Ok, so these 2 situations really happened and a friend doesn't believe which one if any of them, you can get in trouble for. Plus I have to do these situations and a few more for a CJ/Law class final! Please help me out! Thanks!

Situation 1: A friend hacks into another friends twitter. The friend's twitter than was hacked into doesn't keep her password private. She also writes about all her other friends on this twitter.
Now the friend who hacked into the twitter does NOT write anything or do anything at all to the twitter. The ONLY thing she does is read the tweets written by the other friend.

Situation 2: 2 friends buy concert tickets. 1 friend keeps them at her house for safe keeping. Friend #1 decides she doesn't want to go anymore due to money issues and wants to sell her ticket that she has paid for. So friend #1 is selling her ticket. Friend #2 takes it upon herself WITHOUT asking friend #1 and tries to sell friend #1's ticket for her. Friend #1 is upset by this and Friend #2 doesn't think she did anything wrong. Legally, the ticket is NOT Friend #2's. So can she sell the ticket that she did NOT pay for and its NOT hers?

Can any of these friends get the other in trouble with the law or sue each other?

This is for a CJ/law class! I have to research these plus many more for a final!

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11-18-2012, 01:11 PM
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I am not a lawyer, but I'm answering your questions on the limited knowledge that I have.

1. You cannot sue somebody if there are no damages. If no party was harmed financially or otherwise, a suit would have no standing in court. (Emotional distress may be argued, but would probably be thrown out unless there is compelling evidence.) "Can she get in trouble with the law" is however an entirely different question. It's not illegal to read someone's tweets, but if she took it upon herself to use the account to harass someone, than theoretically yes, she could be in trouble with the law.

2. Friend #2 has no right to sell an item that she does not own. If it is Friend #1's ticket, Friend #1 can sue Friend #2 if the ticket was sold for less than the fair market value.

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